Round Table Agreement

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The Round Table Agreement was a landmark 1989 accord between Poland’s communist government and opposition forces that paved the way for semi-free elections and the country’s transition from authoritarian rule to democracy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish political reform accord ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political agreement ⓘ
aim avoid violent confrontation between government and opposition ⓘ
reform the socialist political system in Poland ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Polish Round Table Talks ⓘ
Round Table Accords ⓘ
cause economic crisis in Poland in the 1980s ⓘ
pressure from the Solidarity movement ⓘ
social unrest in Poland in the 1980s ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
date 1989 ⓘ
electoralReform allocation of 35 percent of Sejm seats to be freely contested ⓘ
fully free elections to the Senate of Poland ⓘ
guaranteed 65 percent of Sejm seats for the ruling coalition ⓘ
introduction of semi-free elections to the Sejm ⓘ
endDate 1989-04-05 ⓘ
followedBy Polish legislative election of 1989 ⓘ
formation of the first non-communist government in the Eastern Bloc led by Tadeusz Mazowiecki ⓘ
influenced collapse of communist rule in Poland ⓘ
democratic transitions in Central and Eastern Europe ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
legalEffect amendment of the Constitution of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
location Warsaw ⓘ
mediatedBy Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ
negotiationFormat round table talks ⓘ
participant General Czesław Kiszczak ⓘ
Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
Solidarity ⓘ
linked to: Solidarność

opposition intellectuals ⓘ
representatives of the Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ
partOf fall of communism in Eastern Europe ⓘ
politicalSystemAfter democratic political system ⓘ
politicalSystemBefore authoritarian socialist state ⓘ
result creation of the office of President of Poland ⓘ
introduction of semi-free parliamentary elections in Poland ⓘ
legalization of Solidarity ⓘ
linked to: Solidarity movement

peaceful political transformation in Poland ⓘ
restoration of the Senate of Poland ⓘ
transition from authoritarian rule to democracy in Poland ⓘ
signingDate 1989-04-05 ⓘ
startDate 1989-02-06 ⓘ
timePeriod late Cold War ⓘ
topic democratization ⓘ
negotiated transition ⓘ
political reform ⓘ

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Round Table Agreement → alsoKnownAs → Round Table Accords ⓘ
linked to: Round Table Agreement